The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-16
The Wyoming passed up yesterday.

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TIL Wyoming passed up yesterday.
The William Stone passed up last Sunday.
The Post has changed Its publication daV
from Wednesday to Thursday.
Come to the railroad legislation mass meet
inc at the courthouse next Saturday, April %.
The Jury in the case of the heirs OF the la'e
MauyIlle T.. Buford to break his will lound y
verdict In favor of breaking the will.
Returns to date :-Dempnd, $50; Davis,
7s3: Ragland, 500; Beach, 80. Nineteen
districts vet to hear from. THEY'LL be along
about Christmas.
The city hose was used to fill the gasome-
ter. and gas Is now In full supply. Mr..
Dickey did bis very best to remedy the accl-
dent at the works at quickly as he could.
Hello! Hello! The boom means some
thing. sure. Here are c. Ben Russell ana E.
Allen with new straw hats. and Judge Young
with a pair of brand, spanking new, hand
me. down psntaloous, Times are rushing!
She sat on the piano stool with her hands
tightly clssped, looking tragic and miserable,
she could not sing q note. l gently suggested
DR. Bulls Cough sirup. The next day she
was singing and ,riling like the first birds IN
the spring. Sensible girl!
The st. Louis morning dailies nan now be
had at Hlgginsville III 10 o'clock, and at this
place al 2:lO, from the boys on the local
freight going west. We hope the Republic
can will arrrnge to have its newsboys' supply
of papers sent in that way urtl better can
be done.
There was a big crowd and a pleasant time
at the Christian festival, last Monday night.
The supper was elegant. The ladies took In
$50 Is, and cleared SIS IS, enabling them
to finish paying for their lot. What In the
world would we all do without the dear
creatures, anyhow?
The post Office at Waverly was broken
open at the back door and entered on the
night Of the 11th. The postal pouch was ex-
amined, envelopes and postal cards looked
over, money drawer searched, in which there
were only a few papers, but finding nothing
of value to them, the thieves quietly with
drew, without the booty they had expected
to find.
Marshall, Mo-, April ii. e. O'Hearne,
who has the contract for building twelve
miles of the Missouri Pacific Extension. be-
tween Malta Bend and this city. has arrived,
and his men and teams will be In readiness
to-day, and will begin work TO- morrow
morning just opposite town with fifty teams
and 100 men. This is on the through line be-
tween st. Louis and Kansas City, and will be
pushsd rapidly 10 completion.
Second Ward School. End and 3D. grades.
Scholarship Pauline Meyer, Emma Geyer.
Annie Schaefermeyer, Flora Becker, Willie
Morgan, Bennie Bolten, Clarence Summers
AND Annie GelZer. Honor rOll:-Emma
Geyer, Jennie Tribble, Bessie Summers,
Annie Sc~haefermeyer, Mamie Hall, Rosa
.Graendorf, Flora Becker, Psullna Adels,
Willie Morgan, Horace Bolton. Lula Bryan
iy, Annie Gelzer, Eds Hoffman and Mary
Kramer.
Mr.. William Henry Ewing has retired
from the firm of Jno. C. Young q Co. This
leaves Mr.. Young the sole proprietor. He Is
TOO well known in the livery and transfer
business to need any commendation at our
hands. He will conduct it in the future. We
are sure, with the same politeness and
promptness that has earned for it a state
wide reputation for accommodation and
efficiency. .Old Pap" takes with him, also,
the best wishes Of all who know him.
Corder:-Miss Lee Corder Is seriously i'll
AIr. Vim. Walton and wife, of Butler, are
at their ia. her's, Mr.. Jackson Corder. Mrs.
Jules Coe, of Odessa. and her sister, Miss
Nora Cobb, passed through here last Satur-
day on their way to Dover. Mr.. Phillips
and wife, of Higgins, lille spent Saturday and
Sunday here visiting relatives. The Rev.
Otto, q minister of the Christian church, is
carrying on O protracted meeting In the
PRESBYTERIAN church; so far there has been
eight additions to his church. Prof, Wilkes.
of the Blackburn high school. and Mr.. Sur.
Der, of Blackburn, were in town last week.
.&or. john Steele, of Blackburn, was in town
yIssday. Mrs. Geo. Corder is visiting her
dauphter and other relatives in Henry coun-
.ty, Miss Eta Hawks is visiting relatives
in St. Louis. Misses Lizzie and Minnie
,Koontz, of Dover, are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. Davis, in this sicinity. Miss Lizzie
Hamm spent SaturG J aud Sunday with
friends In Concordia. Mrs. A. Bortsdeld
visited fr1eeds in Slater and Blackburn last
week. Mrs. Crabtree, of Centralia. who has
been visiting her dsus hter, Mrs. Larkin. re-
turned to her home last Saturday. Hiss
Alma Pulliam spent last Saturday and Sun.
day in Higginsyille with friends,
Odessa:-The Santa Fe surveyors remain
ed IN town until Tuesday. just before lea1-
ing they went out south Of the city about two
miles and made a slight change in the recent
survey, 30 that instead of crossing the c.. 4
4. road at 9th street, they cross about four
undred yards further west. There are no
ELECTIONS to the change as it is better to
have the depot there than at 9th street. One
can bear almost anything nowadays In re.
card to railroads. A report is circulated here
that work will be commenced on the NJ. c.
q (. r. K. about the goth. There have been
30 many rumors like this that we will not
ing. Mr.. Neher, chief engineer of the Santa
Fe, stated to your correspondent, a few days
ago. that he would like for some one to 'giys
those Higginsville papers the d.; that they
lied on him." We tremble with fear for the
pencil pushers Of that town. for we are COM
manded: "Thou shalt not lie." But we think
Mr.. Neher Ou2ht to excuse them, for their
anxiety for Il railroad Is so much greater
than for heaven that they forgot all tlf the
present, and slashed down things ea1YTfm-
aginsry. We would say to sll, donf 61Hhle
too hes ~ on any road until after tt <&ktra
session." We are fearful that th6 n
valve will become unmanageble at thkt t5ms
and some OF the engines will run II the
Wro ng direction. ~